Yester-day I went with I^I"" Decker our overseer according to your Order to Tackkaneck to the House of John Van Deusen & their I found him turned out of his house with all his family and Benjamin Franckland & his Son with 6 men more in it, when I came to the door with Decker & Robert Van Deusen old Frankland ordered the men to kock their Guns, I told them that I was not come to fight with them but to talk with them, & ask tliem By uiiat order or Autliority they turned the Man out of his house they say'd by orders of the Court of Boston, & that they would not go out of tlie house till they where forced out by the Barrels of Musquets or till Governoiir Shirley sends an order for

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them to go. They likewise told me that the Gen^ that signed theii- orders was Coll^ Partridge, & Coll° Dwight. &c.

I remain Yours Dutifull Son Peter Livifgston. Direck Spoor told me that the Cheat' man was Benjamin Frankland, he likewise told me that 10 lamilese was coming to settle their

M^ LIVLNGSTON TO GOV. HARDY.

AJ.bany ye 9 Novemb. 1755

May it Please your Excellency

This day M'^ Livingston sent me an Express to acquaint me, that there was a Company of New England men of the Massachusets Bay, to tlie number of 70 or 75, come last week to Tachkanick in my mannor, a place by Estamation about 16 miles East of Hudsons Kiver, that they kep a Garrison there at the House of Michial Halenbeck one of my Tenants on Leese for Life and in the House of Johannis Van Deusen another of my Tenants, who they had Dispossesed and tui-ned out witli all his family the week before That they were to begin on fryday last, to run lines to lay out a Township & lay it into Lotts & settle it as fast as they could